Ugadi pachadi recipe, Ugadi pachadi is a special dish made in Telugu households during Ugadi festival. Ugadi means starting of new era or new year according to the Lunar calendar it falls in months of March or April. It is made in almost all Telugu households . The taste and procedure may change depending on their preference.
Ugadi pachadi is a concoction of 6 main elements or tastes. The main feelings of life depict in this Ugadi pachadi. Salt, sweet, tangy/astringent, spicy, bitter, sour – by tasting all these tastes on the new year day we can fix all these emotions in our life equally. Ugadi pachadi is a very simple, no cooking recipe. Just mix all the ingredients and that’s all!! It is ready to serve.
Some people add black pepper instead of red chilli powder for spicy taste and some add banana to give a nice binding texture. Whatever is the habit of our home tradition we follow. Some use very less neem flowers to avoid bitterness, some add more jaggery to enjoy sweetness. It is believed that whatever is the taste we first feel while having Ugadi pachadi, the entire year ahead would be like that only. It’s only a believe. I make it in large quantity as our people accompany it with plain toor dal.
Ugadi Pachadi Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Neem Flower
- 1/2 cup Tamarind
- 1/2 cup jaggery
- 1/2 cup Raw Mango peeled and cut into small pieces
- Salt to Taste
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
Instructions
- Soak tamarind for half an hour.
- Pluck neem flowers from the tender stems.
- Chop jaggery.
- Peel the skin of raw mango and cut into small pieces.
- Extract tamarind juice from soaked tamarind.
- In a mixing bowl add neem flowers, tamarind juice, salt.
- Red chilli powder, jaggery and cut mango pieces too.
- Mix all of them well and offer it to the deity.
- Serve Ugadi pachadi.
